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Mental Health Awareness Week - 4 lessons from the RSA Academies

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17 May 2018

Alison Critchley

In mental health awareness week Alison Critchley, Chief Executive of RSA Academies, provides an update on the RSA Academies comprehensive approach to mental health project and our early lessons from that project.
RSA Academies Arts Day 2017

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17 Jul 2017

Adam Richardson

This year was made extra special as we not only held Arts Day and the Arts Prize, but combined the event with the annual Pupil Design Awards as well.
Academies: we need to talk about Members

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12 Apr 2017

Alison Critchley

In a world of Academy governance that is sometimes unkindly described as shadowy, the role of Members is the least understood of all. RSA Academies' Chief Executive Alison Critchley looks at their role, and explores how the arrangements for appointing Members might be developed to introduce stronger local accountability.
Building a Citizens’ Economy: RSA Academy pupils talk economics

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08 Dec 2016

Roisin Ellison

Roisin Ellison, RSA Academies Programme Coordinator, outlines some of the key themes explored with young people at RSA Academy, Tipton as part of the RSA Citizens’ Economic Council Inclusion Roadshow.
'Grammar School' response

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02 Dec 2016

Alison Critchley

A response to the DFE's 'Schools that work for everyone' consultation, which includes the proposals for the expansion of grammar school provision, from Alison Critchley, Chief Executive of RSA Academies.
Mark Carney's visit to Whitley Academy

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05 Oct 2016

Georgina Chatfield

Whitley Academy, one of the schools in the RSA Family of Academies, hosted a visit from Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, in a live BBC television event as part of the BBC School Report initiative in September. Read about the impact this experience had on the students.
Developing a project design process: learning from the RSA Academies' Arts Day

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28 Jul 2016

Georgina Chatfield

Georgina Chatfield shares the thinking on a project design process for RSA Academies influenced by delivering the recent RSA Academies Arts Day with 100 young people. Contributions to the thinking are welcomed.
Blog: Worried about the Education White Paper? Don't panic!

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18 Mar 2016

Alison Critchley

In the recent Budget it was announced that all schools would be expected to become Academies. Alison Critchley, Chief Executive of RSA Academies, gives advice to schools that have not yet been tempted down the Academy route.
Blog: EBacc consultation response

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28 Jan 2016

Alison Critchley

The response from RSA Academies and the RSA to the DFE consultation on "Implementing the English Baccalaureate".
Blog: Supporting our leaders of the future

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25 Jan 2016

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RSA Academies is committed to supporting students to have the power to create. RSA8 has been a project to help identify and support Year 8 students to become the leaders of tomorrow.